Horse-power



(No Model.) .I l

J. R. PATTERSON.

` Horse Power. No. 235,011. Patented Nov. 30,1880.

N. PETERS, FHOTO-UTMOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. o C.

PATENT FFTCE@ JAMES R. PATTERSON, OF FRANKLIN, ARKANSAS. d

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,011, dated November 30, 1880.

Application led September 13, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom ct may concern:

Be it known that I, J. R. PATTERSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Izard and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to horse-powers; and it consists in the improved features of oonstruction and combination hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, of a horse-power embodying the improvements in myinvention.

Referring; by letter to the accompanying` drawings, A designates the base of the frame, and B B represent the central uprights, from the sides of which extend the arms C C', for supporting the gearing. D represents the power-wheel, which, in practice, should be about thirty feet in diameter, its shaft E being provided near each end with a cogwheel, F, ve or six feet in diameter. The wheel D should be about ten feet in width, and the rims G, to which the tloor H is secured, should near enough together to permitthe team to Walk on the projecting portions of the floor.

The boards forming the door should be secured to the rimsG in such a manner as to leave spaces of about an inch in width between them for the escape of trash.

Cog-wheels I have their bearings in the rear arms, C, and are about ve or six feet in diameter. Smaller cogs, J, of about one foot or more in diameter, have their bearings in the front arms, C.

The Weight of the wheel D comes, through its cog-wheels F, upon the cogs l and J, and the wheel D, when operated, should revolve toward the smaller cog, J.

Thejournals K of the shaft E are confined betweeu arms a a by pins b at the upper ends of the central uprights, B B, but no weight comes upon the journals, they being employed to hold the wheels F in mesh with the cogs I and J. The weight is therefore thrown upon the small cogs J, as the wheel D revolves toward the cogs J, and the cogs I serve principally as idlers.

By this construction of wheel, both the weight ot' the wheel and the weight of the team are utilized in furnishing the power, while in the machines of this class heretofore used the weight of the team only was utilized.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to Secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a horse-power, the wheel D, provided with the projecting floor H and the eogs F F, near the journals K K, in combination with the uprights B B, arms C C', and cogs I and J, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ROBERT PATTERSON. Witnesses:

S. F. SIMPSON, WM. BILLINGSBY. 

